Store furniture



Patented Jan. 3, I899.

J. E. KLEINER & LE RUY PARKINSON.

STORE FURNITURE.

(Application filed. July 11, 1898.) (No Model.)

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JOSEPH E. KLEINER, OF VVATERTOWVN, AND LE ROY PARKINSON, OF FOX LAKE,WISCONSIN; SAID PARKINSON ASSIGNOR TO SAID KLEINER; KLEINER ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO FRANK E. WOODARD, OF WATER- TOWN, WISCONSIN.

STORE FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,292, dated. January3, 1899 Application filed July 11, 1898- Serial No. 685,580. (No model-lT at whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH E. KLEIN ER, a resident of l/Vatertown, inthe county of J efferson, and LE ROY PARKINSON, a resident of Fox Lake,in the county of Dodge, State of Wisconsin, citizens of the UnitedStates, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in StoreFurniture; and We do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and

to exact description thereof.

Our invention has for its object to provide simple, economical, andconvenient articles of store furniture especially designed for theexhibition of cheese unexposed to dust or inr 5 sects and to facilitateretail trade of the cheese. Therefore said invention consists in certainpeculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafterparticularly set forth,

with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents ahorizontal section of a cheese-casein accordance with our invention, the plane of the section beingindicated by line 11 in the succeeding 2 5 figure of the series; Fig. 2,a rear elevation of the cheese-case, and Fig. 3 a vertical section ofsaid cheese-case indicated by line 3 3 in the first figure of saidseries.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents the bottom of anopen-back preferably rectangular case having transparent front and endpanels B, as best illustrated in Fig. 1. The case-bottom has asemicircular rear extension A, and it is preferable to have 3 5 a rearsection 0 of the case-top in hinge connection with the remainderthereof, as is best shown in Fig. 3.

As herein shown, it is preferable to have the semicircular rear bottomextension of the case provided with an upwardly-extended rear flange b,and if there be a hinged rear section of the case-top the same will beprovided with a depending eye 0 for the engagement of a hook din pivotalconnection with 5 a corner-post of said case, as clearly shown in Fig.2.

The semicircular rear extension of the casebottom is provided withantifriction-rollers e at intervals of a circle, and a circularcheesesupport D bears on these rollers. A central pivot f, dependingfrom the cheese-support, engages a recess in the case-bottom, .and asemicircular wall E connects said cheese-support with a semicircularhead F, having an upwardly-extendin g central pivot g, engaging a recessin the preferably hinged rear portion 0 of the casing-top.

Catches G G on opposite rear corner-posts of the transparent case arefor the engagement of a latch-handle H, extending from the wall E, thatcombines with cheese-supportD and head F to form a pivotal shell,the'latter serving inone position of its adjustment as a closure for theopen back of said case, as best illustrated in 1, and the flange Z7,extending upward from the semicircular rear extension of thecase-bottom, guards the space intermediate of said cheese-support andsaid case-bottom, whereby dust and dirt are ex cluded from said space.

As shown in Fig. 1, the support D has the projecting portion of itsupper face preferably provided with a series of radial marks atpredetermined intervals, and these marks constitute a scale by which tomake approximate pound and half-pound cuts of cheese on said support.

When the shell-back support is swung to close the rear of the case abovespecified, the cheese on said support will be on exhibition unexposed todust or insects, and said cheese being thus incased evaporation of itsmoisture is retarded. When cuts are to be made from the cheese, theshell-back support is swung around to expose said cheese in rear of thetransparent case convenient to the operator, and it has been shown thatsaid support may be latched at full swing in either direction of itspivotal adjustment.

The hinged rear section of the case-top being lifted away from the headpivot of the shell-back cheese-support the latter may be readily removedwhen it is desirable to cleanse the furniture of which it forms a part.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. An open-back transparent case having arearwardly-extended bottom and a hinged rear top section provided with arecess, a circular cheese-support in pivot connection with thecase-bottom, a semicircular wall rising from the cheese-support, awall-supported head having a pivot engageable with the re cess in thehinged rear section of the case-top, and a semicircular flange extendingup from the rear of the case-bottm extension to constitute a guard forthe space intermediate unsection in down position.

3. An open-back transparent case having a rearwardly-extended bottom anda hinged rear top section provided with a recess, a circularcheese-support in pivot connection with the case-bottom, a semicircularwall rising from the cheese-support,and a wall-supported head having apivot engageable with the recess in the hinged rear section of thecase-top.

4 An open-back transparent case having a rearwardly-extended bottom,acircular cheese-support in pivot connection with the case-bottom, asemicircular wall rising from the cheese-support, a wall-supported headhaving pivot connection with the case-top, catches on opposite rearcorner-posts of the case, and a latch-handle extending from saidsemicircular wall for engagement with either of the catches whereby saidcheese-support may be locked at full swing in either direction of itspivotal adjustment.

5. An open-back transparent case having a rearwardly-extended bottom anda hinged rear top section provided with a recess, anti friction-rollersarranged at intervals of a circle in said bottom, a circularcheese-support in pivot connection with the case*bottom and in bearingon the rollers, a semicircular wall rising from the cheese-support, anda wallsupported head having a pivot engageable with the recess in thehinged rear section of the case-top.

In testimony that WG'CltlIIl the foregoing we have hereunto set ourhands, at Watertown, in the county of Jefferson, and Fox Lake, inthecounty of Dodge, State of lVisconsin, in the presence of Witnesses.

JOSEPH E. KLEINER. LE ROY PARKINSON.

Witnesses as to signature of J. E. Kleiner:

WILLIAM H. WooDARn, F. W. GAMM. Witnesses as to signature of Le RoyPar-'- kinson:

WM. N. HAMILTON, R. P. ROBERTS.

